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We should remember that saying 'I love you' is only a beginning. We need to say it, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to show it. We need to both express and demonstrate love.
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
It's amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.
Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.
You can be creative in anything — in math, science, engineering, philosophy — as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.
In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.
My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a real good teacher for me about organics, recycling, composting -whenever you hear me talk about it, it's usually because of my sister's influence.
Laughter is an important part of a good relationship. It's an immense achievement when you can move from your thinking that your partner is merely an idiot to thinking that they are that wonderfully complex thing called a loveable idiot. And often that means having a little bit of a sense of humour about their flaws.
Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.
Believe me, it's not easy being an actress and a producer, especially with no big daddy to support you.
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right.
The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.
Let's face it — no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.
Most of my training at graduate school was geared towards drama, so I feel good about it, and I can do it, but it requires a lot more work from me. I feel like with drama... well, with all acting, really, you need to honor the truth of the situation.
Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead.
